Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VENUS AND DEATH, by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With fetters gold her captivated feet Last Line: Lest he devour her and her godlets both! Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
WITH fetters gold her captivated feet Lay, sunny sweet; In that palm was the poppy, Sleep; in this The apple, Bliss; Against the Mild side of his Spouse and Mother One small God throve, and in't, meseem'd, another. By these a Death-in-Life did foully breathe Out of a face that was one grate of teeth. Lift, O kind Angels, lift her eyelids loth, Lest he devour her and her Godlets both! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A LONDON FETE by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE |
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